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Loading... Outer Dark (1968)by Cormac McCarthy
None. Flawed and sometimes self-conscious but exceptionally beautiful. Great dialogue. Foreshadowing of characters and themes in McCarthy's later novels. (  ) Michael.Xolotl | May 19, 2013 |  Just a tad disturbing. "Did they really...?" "Yes, they did." ( ) palaverofbirds | Mar 29, 2013 | I do like McCarthy's writing style, I loved The Road. While this book kept me reading as I was pulled into where this book was going, I kept wondering what is truly to story line and when would the paths intertwine. Overall the ending was unexpected and lacked detail and closure. I was excited up until the last 50 or so pages and complete lost me by the end... (  ) stang50logan | Dec 18, 2012 | Southern Gothic taken to such an extreme that it almost becomes camp. Very enjoyable. (  ) giovannigf | May 10, 2012 | Great book. But, if you like endings that wrap everything up nicely and leave you feeling satisfied that all questions have been answered, then this book is not for you. McCarthy takes you on a fun ride in the process. (  ) TeRuJi | Nov 5, 2011 |
 The originality of Mr. McCarthy's novel is not in its theme or locale, both of which are impressively ancient. It is his style which compels admiration, a style compounded of Appalachian phrases as plain and as functional as an ax.
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0679728732, Paperback)Outer Dark is a novel at once fabular and starkly evocative, set is an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolution.(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:56:29 -0500) This stark novel is set in an unspecified place in Appalachia, sometime around the turn of the century. A woman bears her brother's child, a boy; he leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes. Discovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son. Both brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolution.… (more) |
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